diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 55d75b12e27..59708806137 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery.RecoverySettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.store.IndicesStore;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.ttl.IndicesTTLService;
+import org.elasticsearch.monitor.fs.FsService;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.jvm.JvmService;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.OsService;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.process.ProcessService;
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ public final class ClusterSettings extends AbstractScopedSettings {
                     NodeEnvironment.ADD_NODE_ID_TO_CUSTOM_PATH,
                     OsService.REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING,
                     ProcessService.REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING,
-                    JvmService.REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING
+                    JvmService.REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING,
+                    FsService.REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING
                 )));
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/fs/FsService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/fs/FsService.java
index 7019ec48e0b..99a78f13a07 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/fs/FsService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/monitor/fs/FsService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.monitor.fs;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.SingleObjectCache;
@@ -35,10 +36,13 @@ public class FsService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final SingleObjectCache<FsInfo> fsStatsCache;
 
+    public final static Setting<TimeValue> REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING =
+        Setting.timeSetting("monitor.fs.refresh_interval", TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1), TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1), false, Setting.Scope.CLUSTER);
+
     public FsService(Settings settings, NodeEnvironment nodeEnvironment) throws IOException {
         super(settings);
         this.probe = new FsProbe(settings, nodeEnvironment);
-        TimeValue refreshInterval = settings.getAsTime("monitor.fs.refresh_interval", TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1));
+        TimeValue refreshInterval = REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.get(settings);
         fsStatsCache = new FsInfoCache(refreshInterval, probe.stats());
         logger.debug("Using probe [{}] with refresh_interval [{}]", probe, refreshInterval);
     }